Interfacial behavior in polyelectrolyte blends: Hybrid liquid-state integral equation and self-consistent field theory study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 2013, Pages

  Sing, Charles E ^a   Zwanikken, Jos W ^a   De La Cruz, Monica Olvera ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COULOMBIC ATTRACTIONS; ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; INTERFACIAL BEHAVIORS; ION STRUCTURES; IONIC COMPONENT; POISSON-BOLTZMANN; SELF CONSISTENT FIELD THEORY; STRONG APPROXIMATION;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; THERMODYNAMICS;

MEAN FIELD THEORY;

EID: 84886244921     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.168303     Document Type: Article

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